Comments on: ‘Spongeface’ Koobface Variant Uses Spongebob as a Tease

By: Pinball Corp’s Appbundler Employs Malware-like Techniques « Webroot Threat Blog

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:44:47 +0000

[...] if you’re familar with this kind of fraud, it might fool you, too. I thought this was just the latest instance of Koobface at first [...]

By: Five Reasons You Should Always “Stop. Think. Connect.” « Webroot Threat Blog

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:06:18 +0000

[...] a social network user’s friends a brief message with a short URL. Make the short URL point to a page that convinces the user to download and run a “codec” or a “Flash update” program. When the victim runs the “codec” installer, [...]

By: Fake Flash Update Needs Flash to Work « Webroot Threat Blog

Fake Flash Update Needs Flash to Work « Webroot Threat Blog — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:23:56 +0000

[...] overall look and feel of the fake video has been static for some time, but the content changes periodically, and the current iteration of the page (which appeared this past April), [...]

By: Cover Your Assets on Data Privacy Day « Webroot Threat Blog

Cover Your Assets on Data Privacy Day « Webroot Threat Blog — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:49:47 +0000

[...] networking account into a mouthpiece for their own infection. Victims not only find that the worm sends messages to everyone they know, but that those messages invariably lead to files that can infect others. Sometimes the [...]